November 30 – Jaxson Robinson scored a team-high 19 points, helping lead the No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats to a 105-76 win over the visiting Georgia State Panthers in Lexington, Ky., on Friday.
Lamont Butler added 17 points and six assists for Kentucky (7-0), which eclipsed the 100-point total for the fourth time this year. Amari Williams had 14 points, Otega Oweh added 12, while Andrew Carr and Koby Brea scored 10 apiece for the Wildcats, who made 40 of 67 (59.7 percent) shots from the field.
Cesare Edwards led Georgia State (4-4) with 21 points, followed by Zarique Nutter’s 19. Malachi Brown chipped in 11 points and five assists for the Panthers, who have dropped two of three.
Early in the first half, Nutter’s mid-range jumper cut Kentucky’s lead to 11-10, before Robinson’s layup began a 9-0 Wildcat scoring run.
Five straight Georgia State points trimmed its deficit to two points with 5:06 left in the first half. The Panthers were then held scoreless for three minutes, while Kentucky extended its advantage with a 13-0 run, stamped with Kerr Kriisa’s 3-pointer, giving the Wildcats a 44-29 lead.
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